2 saturdays, 2 derailleurs
Originally uploaded by solo_goat
somehow managed to snap 2 vintage sram 9.0sl rear derailleurs in the past week or so. nice. managed to to convert the niner to a hard tail to finish out the last hour and a half, making it the first unoffical single speed ride i've been on in about a year or so.
this week - back to normal life for me as i got my bonus for the quarter (racing fundage!) which is good as i need to ramp up the hours next week. i've been doing some double workouts since january, but now i need to get in some pretty hefty doubles to ramp up for the season.
also with the end of the quarter for me means that i can start concentrating on the pivot build ups which will start once i get my forks from the boyz over at FOX SHOX which will continue to sponsor me through the 2009 season.
no race for me today down at mohican - wanted to race, but i think i need an overall mental break, some extra hours on the bike, work on the bikes and a few extra hot cups of 'joe.
sologoat out
2 comments:
Sucks to hear about the derailleur melt down. I actually saw you cruisin on the hike and bike by Seasons road on Friday.
Mohican was interesting today. A few cups of joe instead of the mud might have been a welcome change.
Sir Solo,
I snapped my Sram Rear derailleur also on my Trek XO2. What do you think causes that? I am not sure but I think mayhaps my derailleur got bent inward slightly and when I shifted to the big gear in back it caught a spoke.
Dave
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